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Reading and Vocabulary

A. Discuss the questions in groups.
1. What information do you read on the Internet every day?
2. Where else do you get information?
3. Who is responsible for ensuring that this information is correct?

B. You will read an opinion article on why media literacy is important. Before you read, match the words
below with their definitions.

1. bias a. information that is wrong, or intended to deceive
2. conjecture b. the ability to read, write and understand
3. rhetoric c. a guess about something without proof
4. literacy d. belief and trust in someone
5. critical thinking e. preferring or supporting one thing over another
6. credibility f. words that cause others to have strong feelings
7. misinformation g. text or speech aimed to persuade or influence
8. emotive language h. the process of thinking carefully and unemotionally

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